Best Colleges 2009

Today there comes out the best colleges 2009 ranking: Though it is not necessarily the golden rule but good reference for young generation.

1. Harvard University, tuition $36,173, acceptance rate 9%
2. Princeton University, tuition $34,290, acceptance rate 10%
3. Yale, tuition $35,300, acceptance rate 10%
4. MIT, tuition $36,390, acceptance rate 12%
4. Stanford University, tuition $36,030, acceptance rate 10%
6. Caltech, tuition $34,437, acceptance rate 17%
6. University of Pennsylvania, tuition $37,526, acceptance rate 16%
8. Columbia University, tuition $39,326, acceptance rate 11%
8. Duke University, tuition $37,525, acceptance rate 23%
8. University of Chicago, tuition $37,632, acceptance rate 35%
11. Dartmouth College, tuition $36,915, acceptance rate 15%
12. Northwestern University, tuition $37,125, acceptance rate 27%
12. Washington University in St Louis, tuition $37,248, acceptance rate 17%
14. Cornell University, tuition $36,504, acceptance rate 21%
15. Johns Hopkins University, tuition $37,700, acceptance rate 24%
16. Brown University, tuition $37,718, acceptance rate 14%
17. Rice University, tuition $28,996, acceptance rate 25%
18. Emory University, tuition $36,336, acceptance rate 27%
18. University of Notre Dame, tuition $36,847, acceptance rate 24%
18. Vanderbilt University, tuition $37,005, acceptance rate 33%
21. University of California - Berkeley, tuition (in-state $8,932, out of state $29,540), acceptance rate 23%
22. Carnegie Mellon University, tuition $38,844, acceptance rate 28%
23. Georgetown University, tuition $38,122, acceptance rate 21%
23. University of Virginia, (in-state $9,300, out of state $29,600), acceptance rate 35%
25. University of California - Los Angeles, (in-state $7,034, out of state $26,102), acceptance rate 24%
26. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, (in-state $11,111, out of state $32,401), acceptance rate 50%
27. University of Southern California, tuition $37,740, acceptance rate 25%
28. Tufts University, tuition $38,840, acceptance rate 27%
28. Wake Forest University, tuition $36,975, acceptance rate 42%
30. University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, tuition $37,372, acceptance rate 35%

33. New York University, tuition $22,294, acceptance rate 37%
34. Boston College, tuition $37,950, acceptance rate 27%
35. University of Wisconsin - Madison, (in-state $7,568, out of state $21,818), acceptance rate 56%

41. University of Washington, (in-state $6,802, out of state $23,219), acceptance rate 65%

44. University of California - Davis, (in-state $8,635, out of state $28,656), acceptance rate 59%

47. University of Texas - Austin, (in-state $8,130, out of state $25,722), acceptance rate 51%

53. George Washington University, tuition $38,530, acceptance rate 37%
53. University of Maryland - College Park, (in-state $8,005, out of state $23,076), acceptance rate 47%

56. University of Ohio - Columbus, (in-state $8,679, out of state $21,918), acceptance rate 59%

71. Virginia Tech, (in-state $7,397, out of state $19,605), acceptance rate 67%

80. St Louis University, tuition $30,728, acceptance rate 80%

83. American University, tuition $33,283, acceptance rate 53%

96. University of Arizona, (in-state $5,542, out of state $18,676), acceptance rate 80%

102. Howard University, tuition $14,685, acceptance rate 54%
102. Illinois Institute of Technology, tuition $27,513, acceptance rate 57%